Historic Legal Documents Topic Area

Check out some of the historic legal documents topic area.1 min read

• The Magna Carta, 1215
• Declaration & Resolves of 1st Continental Congress, 1774
• The Declaration Of Independence, 1776
• Constitution Of The United States

• Northwest Ordinance, 1787

• Jefferson's Report on the Barbery Pirates, 1790
• Washington's Farewell Address, 1796

• The Monroe Doctrine, 1823

• The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863

• Gettyburg Address, 1863

• Prohibition of Alcohol, Implementing Legislation, 1919

• President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address, 1961
• Gibbons v. Ogden, 1821, Regulating Commerce is more Federal than State Power

• Dred Scott v. Sandford, 1856, Slave isn't 'Citizen' but Property with few Rights, 94K, Zip

• Strauder v. W. Virginia, 1880, 1st Use of Equal Protection Clause for Racial Protection